Fedora 8/Windows XP Download Speed ????

DukeNukem · 03-01-2008, 02:17 PM

Hi there Guys,

Facing this Strange Problem
Iam using My pc For Fedora8 and WindowsXPSP2

When using internet (256KBps Connection)

------------------ AFTER 2300 HRs (thats when I reach Home after Office)
Case Windows XPSP2 >> Download Speed 28KBps-37KBps
Case Fedora8 >> Download Speed 169KBps-220KBps

and this scenario is permanent.

Ive checked downloading same file in both OS Multiple times
Windows >> Minutes
Fedora8 >> Seconds

Can some one tell me whats eating my Bandwidth In Windows.
Help

mehulved · 03-01-2008, 02:27 PM

Well if you need windows specific answer Open Source isn't the best place to ask.
Some options to check
1) Run a firewall and monitor what connections happen.
2) If you know about networking well enough and have a second PC, you can keep that as a gateway and check the incoming and outgoing requests to see where it's using up bandwidth.

FilledVoid · 03-01-2008, 02:43 PM

Not that it would cause such a huge difference but theres a tweak somewhere which removes reserved bandwidth beign saved in fact I think it is also on this forum somewhere as a tutorial might want to check that also.

x3060 · 03-01-2008, 04:43 PM

now, thats quiet a lot of speed difference in there....i wonder how exactly is it possible to have this much diff in speed...

**MetalheadGautham** · 03-01-2008, 05:02 PM

depends on software used for downloading too. Firefox's Downloader is faster than IE's downloader.

ray|raven · 03-01-2008, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DukeNukem

When using internet (256KBps Connection)

------------------ AFTER 2300 HRs (thats when I reach Home after Office)
Case Windows XPSP2 >> Download Speed 28KBps-37KBps
Case Fedora8 >> Download Speed 169KBps-220KBps

Are you sure these are KBps?
And your connection, is it really 256 KBps or 256Kbps?
Remember 1KBps = 8 Kbps.
That might be the difference.

Regards,
ray

shady_inc · 03-01-2008, 09:01 PM

Yup, even faced the same situation.
DL speed in ubuntu: 200 KBps

DL speed in Windows: 20 KBps

So, I fired up Comodo firewall in Windows, Blocked every app [I mean every single app.] from accessing the net except my browser and DLed the same file which gave me 200 KBps in ubuntu and gues what.??I got a far better DL speed of 120-130 KBps instantly.!Dunno where the remaining 70-odd gets eaten up.Maybe because the file transferring process is better managed in Ubuntu than in XP.

mehulved · 03-01-2008, 09:27 PM

No I don't think that's the problem. There can be differences in networking stack but this seems too humongous. Still there can be some factors.
What are you using to d/l in ubuntu and windows?

shady_inc · 03-01-2008, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mehulved

No I don't think that's the problem. There can be differences in networking stack but this seems too humongous. Still there can be some factors.
What are you using to d/l in ubuntu and windows?

For ubuntu, it's opera's default DL manager and for windows I have tried Opera and FDM.

**MetalheadGautham** · 03-01-2008, 09:58 PM

anyway, who cares? luckily, ubuntu being better suited for loooong use without restarting compared to windows, and less prone to malware and viruses, its a better bet to let ubuntu do the night time downloading.

Tech_Wiz · 04-01-2008, 09:20 AM

lol I face exact opposite.

Ubuntu = 40-50 KBps

Windows = 120-140 KBps

Not bothered though. Only big files I download are related to games and **** and I use windows only for it.

FilledVoid · 04-01-2008, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Ubuntu = 40-50 KBps

Wow thats bad

. I'm not sure why but is it possible that the things you download all come from a congested server? Don't think IPv6 would cause slow downloading speeds either :/ . Are you slow when you download updates and install packages also?